BA Times

DECEMBER 15, 2022

The post Good at Drawing or Good at Visualizing – There is a Difference! It is a skill that I have practiced over some years now. Sometimes, colleagues tell me that I am good at drawing, but the fact is that I am not good at drawing. I am good […]. appeared first on Business Analyst Articles, Webinars, Templates, Jobs.

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Analysts Corner

OCTOBER 26, 2024

Similarities and differences between Nimble and the model of the 6 Business Agility Enablers The concept of a Nimble organization is still sometimes compared to the capability of having Business Agility. In a previous article , I compared the Nimble concept to the Business Agility model from the Business Agility Institute (BAI).

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Leading Agile

APRIL 17, 2024

But agile transformation isn’t a black art. A Basecamp is an intermediate step along the agile journey that allows you to measure progress and claim an intermediate victory before the next leg of your transformation journey. Often, Agilists rely too heavily on things that don’t demonstrate real business value.

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BA Times

JULY 1, 2021

With the growing use of agile practices and design thinking, there is also a growing awareness of the importance of working visually. If you are an inexperienced drawer, this is can be a major barrier for starting with sketch noting, visual facilitation and graphic recording.

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Leading Agile

MAY 26, 2020

Questions of how does Agile apply to infrastructure and what does TBM have to do with Agile were in my mind. As we look at recent thinking around Agile, there are more and more articles on a shift from Project to Product, flow of work, and value-streams. This is where TBM and Agile align. Agile in Infrastructure.

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Leading Agile

NOVEMBER 4, 2021

An Agile Transformation Roadmap is all about getting people to change and having that change be sticky. Our Agile Transformation Roadmap, our change model, is all about getting everyone to see what’s possible, creating safety for the people and the business, and building trust at every step of the Transformation.

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BA Squared

AUGUST 16, 2021

Agile has been around now for 20 years (agile as a term in software), whereas the practices have been around much longer. After 20 years, there seems to be continued conversation about the BA role on agile teams. If Agile teams don’t have BAs they still do analysis, they have to! The question is how good are they at it?

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ElegantJ BI

DECEMBER 11, 2019

Data Quality vs. Data Agility – A Balanced Approach! Sometimes we are so focused on perfection that we do not see the benefit of agility. When it comes to analytical quality versus analytical agility, we might see the issue in the same light. Consider the emergence of the brainstorming concept as an example.

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ElegantJ BI

DECEMBER 11, 2019

Data Quality vs. Data Agility – A Balanced Approach! Sometimes we are so focused on perfection that we do not see the benefit of agility. When it comes to analytical quality versus analytical agility, we might see the issue in the same light. Consider the emergence of the brainstorming concept as an example.

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ElegantJ BI

DECEMBER 11, 2019

Data Quality vs. Data Agility – A Balanced Approach! Sometimes we are so focused on perfection that we do not see the benefit of agility. When it comes to analytical quality versus analytical agility, we might see the issue in the same light. Original Post: Data Quality and Data Agility are Both Important to Success!

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ElegantJ BI

MARCH 12, 2020

Self-Serve Data Prep: You Can Have Data Agility AND Data Governance! With the right Augmented Analytics solution, the organization can achieve data agility and data sharing and improve data literacy across the organization while, at the same time, providing users with appropriate access to data in a uniform, intuitive environment.

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BA Squared

OCTOBER 6, 2020

I want to learn more about agile (Now Live!) – Understanding what agile really is! I am a BA working on an agile team – Be confident and prepared to talk the talk and walk the walk of an agile BA. I am an agile BA looking to move into Product Ownership – Take actionable steps toward the PO role goal.

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Analysts Corner

JULY 13, 2022

In the beginning of projects, there is often uncertainty how to start with actual implementation of software product, especially when using agile framework. It could be that they have some basic education about agile framework, but often they do not have any practical experience in building the sofware product.

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Leading Agile

OCTOBER 21, 2020

Understanding what constraints your organization is dealing with, what goals it’s trying to achieve, and where it wants to be in the future is a critical first step in the Agile Transformation. In this video, Mike Cottmeyer takes a closer look at something we call the 4 Quadrants.

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BizAcuity

APRIL 1, 2023

Agility for any organization is the ability to stay alert and be prepared to act on any decision almost instantly. Agile software development is a collaborative process between and within project teams with an ingrained set of values and principles for software development.

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BizAcuity

FEBRUARY 3, 2023

Agility for any organization is the ability to stay alert and be prepared to act on any decision almost instantly. Agile software development is a collaborative process between and within project teams with an ingrained set of values and principles for software development.

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Timo Elliott

JANUARY 4, 2021

With advanced analytics, flexible dashboarding and effective data visualization, FP&A storytelling has become both an art and science. And finally, agility. I’ve worked with hundreds of dashboard and data visualization projects over the years. So we have to be prepared to learn faster, and act faster than the competition.

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ElegantJ BI

MARCH 12, 2020

Self-Serve Data Prep: You Can Have Data Agility AND Data Governance! With the right Augmented Analytics solution, the organization can achieve data agility and data sharing and improve data literacy across the organization while, at the same time, providing users with appropriate access to data in a uniform, intuitive environment.

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ElegantJ BI

MARCH 12, 2020

Self-Serve Data Prep: You Can Have Data Agility AND Data Governance! With the right Augmented Analytics solution, the organization can achieve data agility and data sharing and improve data literacy across the organization while, at the same time, providing users with appropriate access to data in a uniform, intuitive environment.

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Analysts Corner

FEBRUARY 2, 2023

Extra-list First and foremost, a business analysis professional MUST start with the Agile Extension of the BABoK® and the Guide to Product Ownership Analysis (POA). These are official knowledge guides from the International Institute of Business Analysis (IIBA®) that focus on agility and product ownership.

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BA Squared

DECEMBER 7, 2020

If your agile project is struggling to stay above water, it’s possible you have holes in your user stories! When I coach agile teams, I often see user stories organized by technology component instead of user value. Why Agile Teams Need More Than User Stories To Build Great Products. Agile doesn’t mean skipping the analysis!

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BA Careers

FEBRUARY 24, 2023

Being an agile business analyst requires a versatile skill set that allows you to move quickly and remain adaptive in any situation. From understanding how different departments within a business works to using various tools for enhancing data visualization, having the right skills will make you an indispensable asset for any organization.

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Smart Data Collective

JULY 27, 2021

Although misunderstood, technical debt can result in slow performance, reduced agility, sluggish adoption, and the failure to meet business requirements. But while everyone agrees that technical debt is bad, there hasn’t been much discussion regarding exactly how technical debt reduces CRM performance and agility.

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Vitality Chicago

APRIL 29, 2022

Agile ways have become mainstream for software and technology teams. Can those teams and departments use agile practices to boost their business agility ? Can those teams and departments use agile practices to boost their business agility ? Visualize the Workflow. 3 – Visualize the Workflow.

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Agile Velocity

MAY 3, 2024

Agile has been shown to shorten time-to-market, increase quality, instill predictability, improve customer satisfaction, and create an overall happier working culture. Agile Transformation involves all levels of the organization and applies Lean-Agile principles to business processes, practices, tools, operations, and culture.

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Cprime

MAY 10, 2022

To explore these and other interesting tidbits, we discussed visual thinking strategies with our resident expert in design thinking and visual storytelling, Stuart Young. Stuart is a Certified Scrum Trainer, a business visualizer, and a passionate visual storytelling evangelist. Why visual thinking?

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Analysts Corner

MAY 16, 2023

Time management simplified Photo by Aron Visuals on Unsplash So far For those of you who have read my articles here so far, I have written on a broad range of business analysis techniques. Life is agile, uncertainty and change are constant. For ensuring progress, I always find daily check-ins (agile) very helpful.

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InfoQ Articles

MAY 4, 2022

Making Agile work in the age of hybrid and remote teams requires extra effort to stay aligned and collaborative. This article explores how development teams can stay agile, even when face-to-face collaboration isn’t an option by using visual collaboration to build context and alignment, and adopting new practices for engaging meetings.

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BizAcuity

SEPTEMBER 16, 2019

A BI dashboard — or business intelligence dashboard — is an information management tool that uses data visualization to display KPIs (key performance indicators) tracked by a business to assess various aspects of performance. And when the data is presented in a visually comprehensible manner, it becomes easier for informed decision making.

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Agilemania

OCTOBER 12, 2022

Scaled Agile Framework, SAFe® is the world’s leading framework for Business Agility. The seven core competencies each have three dimensions making it a total of twenty-one dimensions to enable Business Agility. These dimensions contain some of the practices, patterns, and guidelines to Scale Agility across the enterprise.

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Agilemania

APRIL 12, 2022

1,00,000 practitioners and 20,000 enterprises worldwide have kept faith in one thing to drive Business Agility in the enterprise. . And that’s Scaled Agile Framework(SAFe)! . As per the 15th State of Agile Survey, 38% of the respondents considered SAFe as the most popular framework for scaling agile. . What is SAFe?

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Agilemania

FEBRUARY 9, 2022

Personas also visualize your consumers’ use habits and interests. What is a persona in Agile Product Development? Agile personas are visual and concise. Visualizations are crucial to understanding how customers act. Your organization’s persona is highly crucial no matter what industry you belong to. .

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Analysts Corner

DECEMBER 26, 2022

A view from business analysis reference guides It’s not new that a good application of business analysis practices (traditional or agile) helps Product Owners improve their day-to-day work. From working closely with the team on a daily basis, to see far better “the forest through the trees” at a roadmap and an organizational level.

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BizAcuity

NOVEMBER 8, 2019

A BI dashboard — or business intelligence dashboard — is an information management tool that uses data visualization to display KPIs (key performance indicators) tracked by a business to assess various aspects of performance. And when the data is presented in a visually comprehensible manner, it becomes easier for informed decision making.

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BA Careers

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

Introduction In the realm of Agile project management, efficient tracking and visualization of work progress are essential for teams to stay on course and deliver high-quality products within specified timeframes. One valuable tool in this context is the Sprint Burndown Chart.

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Agilemania

DECEMBER 2, 2021

Recognized as one of the world’s foremost authorities on Lean-Agile best practices, Dean Leffingwell took it on himself to do something about it. He introduced the Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe). SAFe is based on following 10 Lean-Agile principles-. Visualize and limit WIP, reduce batch sizes, and manage queue lengths.

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Agilemania

NOVEMBER 2, 2021

46% of the organizations reported inconsistencies in practices and processes as their main challenge with agile transformation. Source: 15th State of Agile Report. There sure is an Agile framework called SAFe. SAFe is a scaling agile framework, so referring to it as just an agile framework may not be appropriate.

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